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Bayonet Connection |
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Buying and Selling Rare and Unusual Bayonets |
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Special Sale- Personal Collection 2008 |
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Shawn Gibson e-mail shawn@ bayonets.com |
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1 Gibson Drive Phone (940) 779-2400 |
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Graford, TX 76449 Fax (940 779-3376 |
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This is a very special sale of items from my personal collection. Every item on this list have been in my personal |
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collection, many of them for years. Many of them are unusual or even unique. Something about them interested me |
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enough to include them in my personal collection. As my collection interests change or perhaps I find a better example, |
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I decided to let these treasures go to other collectors. There are some real gems here that I really would like to keep, |
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so look through the list carefully. |
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GC140 |
K62, K782-3 |
French Knife bayonet for a double barrel shotgun in excavated condition. Based on the M1850, but w/ different latching mechanism. Very rare item. View Photo, Closeup1 Closeup2 |
Excavated |
300.00 |
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GC144 |
K639 |
Swedish 1815 n/s. Nicely marked. Missing locking ring screw. View Photo, Closeup1 Closeup2 Closeup3 |
VG |
135.00 |
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GC153 |
JN161-1 |
1879 Romanian Modified bayonet for the Peabody-Martini. Converted to a sidearm in the middle east. Slot filled with wood. Handle and scabbard are decorated with embossed tin and copper bands. Very unique item. View Photo, Closeup |
G+ |
395.00 |
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| GC199 | US 1795 Excavated socket bayonet n/s. Bottom stud 3
step mortise slot. Encrusted, but no edge loss, stable. Excavated at West
Point.
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Excavated | 150.00 | ||
| GC204 | JN6-2 | Austrian M1842 Laukert n/s. Grey surface finish.
Scarce bayonet.
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VG- | 160.00 | |
| GC222 | US 1808 Excavated socket bayonet n/s. Top stud 3
step mortise slot with bridged slot. Face flute. Encrusted, but little edge
loss, stable. Excavated at Lake Champlain.
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Excavated | 150.00 | ||
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GC286 |
BCB B120 |
British 1841 Aritillery Carbine socket bayonet w/ Lovell’s spring catch. The identical bayonet photographed in Skennerton book. Extremely rare. View Photo, Closeup1 |
Relic |
375.00 |
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| GC305 | Williams 72 | Bavarian 1826 n/s. Basal locking ring, cruciform
blade. 1690 engraved on the shank. Attic finish overall with light pitting.
Locking ring works well. Nice example that I have owned for many years.
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VG- | 350.00 | |
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GC316 |
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Small double edged plug bayonet n/s. Probably Spanish, but an unusual style. Simple turned wood grip. View Photo, Closeup1 |
VG |
425.00 |
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GC383 |
Reilly B43b |
US Virginia Manufactury type 2 socket bayonet n/s. Excavated. The muskets were made from 1802-1809 and it is assumed that bayonets were made during that time as well. A lot of egde loss, but you can seen the bevel described by Reily. Tapered point. Deep makers mark, undecipherable. 5 is stamped directly in front of mortise slot. T mortise slot, bridged. View Photo, Closeup1, Closeup2, |
Relic |
300.00 |
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| GC427 | ABC N1261 | Swiss Cantonal style of bayonet. This one fits on a male dove tailed channel on the side of the barrel. Attachment is by means of a knurled screw. The blade is triangular and hollow ground. The ricasso is stamped J J over a touch mark. Bright finish. | VG | SOLD | |
| GC1015 | Small flat bladed socket bayonet ca. 1725-50 n/s.
Very similar to the French officerıs type, but the shank is a bit different.
Could be an officerıs piece or hunting. Blade is flat, SE and wedged shaped.
There is a false edge coming back from the tip, no fullers. Shank is square
in cross section. There is a large attachment shield at the shank socket
joint. It is brazed with copper. Socket is very short with a three step
mortise slot. The third step is just the size of the stud. Configured for a
top stud. Superb example.
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VG+ | 450.00 | ||
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GC1080 |
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Sickle made from a US M1905 bayonet. Very unusual item. View Photo, Closeup1, |
G+ |
350.00 |
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| GC1082 | Spanish Hunting Socket bayonet 18th Cent w/s. Probably
Andalucian. Blade is Single edged and fullerless. The back edge of the
blade is decorated with multiple notches and curves. The blade shoulder on
the cutting edge side features a deeply recessed circular notch that is both
decorative and functional. It is designed to hold a string, wire, or spring
and to fix the bayonet onto the gun. The shank is made separately from the
blade. It is decortive and features a right angle. The socket is brass with
a straight mortise slot. The open seam on the socket is under the shank
attachment shield. The brass mounted leather scabbard is probably not quite
as old as the socket.
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VG- | 1,000.00 | ||
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GC1086 |
DB 7 |
Swedish Brown Bess socket n/s. India Pattern style converted to wing screw. Screw not present. Mortise slot a bit distorted from drill use. View Photo, Closeup1, Closeup2, Closeup3, |
VG- |
150.00 |
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GC1092 |
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1855 English Lancaster n/s. Officially shortened 18 mm in 1907. Strange mod. I have only seen a couple of these. The normal shortened versions are so short that they loose the swollen tip. This one was only shortened by 18 mm. Also the pipe-ridge stops short of the tip now. I can find no published reference for the modification. Purchased from Jerry Janzen estate. View Photo, Closeup1, Closeup2, Closeup3, Closeup4, Closeup5 |
VG+ |
700.00 |
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| GC1111 | DB 23 | Swedish M1840 socket bayonet. Long triangualar
blade with basal locking ring. Well marked on shank 6RIKNo122 and HP ES ?F.
On ricasso GGB.
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VG+ | 150.00 | |
| GC1140 | ABC N 1017-5 | Belgian socket similar to the French AN IX Musketoon
socket n/s. Marked CM on the ricasso, touch marks on the shank. Marked N
over 2822 on the socket. 562 mm overall length.
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VG- | 225.00 | |
| GC1160 | European Flint knapper plug bayonet n/s. Germanic
features, possibly military instead of hunting. Unsual swell in grip.
Broad, SE, fullerless blade with false edge on the back. Flint knapper plus
are very hard to find. Old patina on blade, I've never cleaned it only put
on some oil. I picked this one up in a Southeby's auction in 2001.
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VG | 1,800.00 | ||
| GC1199 | Williams #43 | Saxon M1801 Nothardt socket bayonet n/s. Very rare
socket bayonet for the Nothardt rifle. Distinctive 4 step mortise slot.
Narrow, fullerless, triangular blade. This one is shortened as most of them
are. Short heavy shank. Pitted overall and now cleaned. These are very,
very hard to find.
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G | 700.00 | |
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GC1220 |
ABC 264-4 |
Early French long shank socket bayonet. Three step socket configured for top stud. Shank is rectangular changing to round. Right angle bend. Triangualar, fullerless blade. Engraved 7 on the socket. Four touch marks on the front side of the shank. View Photo, Closeup1, Closeup2, Closeup3, |
VG |
2,200.00 |
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GC1227 |
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Austrian 1849 Rifle. Imported for use in the CW and converted to percussion. The condition is pretty rusty. Good wall hanger. View Photo, Closeup1,Closeup2, Closeup3 |
G |
450.00 |
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GC1277 |
PB184 |
German/Austrian Pandur style reversible hilt plug bayonet ca. 1750 n/s. Curved single edged blade with false edge. Brass shell languet, reflexed quillons with nippled finials. Wood grip is turned around as a dagger and peened into place. The end cup is missing. It is no longer possible to turn this one around. Heavily pitted steel and the wood is damaged. Similar to reference, but shorter blade.View Photo, Closeup, |
G- |
300.00 |
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GC1294 |
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US Krag Cadet scabbard only. This one is marked Rock Island Arsenal. Scabbards with the markings are quite scarce. View Photo, Closeup1 |
VG- |
150.00 |
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| GC1311 | Socket bayonet for the Jr. Enfield n/s. A Belgian
made cadet sized copy of the British Enfield rifle, sold in the US. Small
scale version of the P53.
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VG | 160.00 | ||
| GC1325 | Bavarian 1842/55 Rifled musket. This is the rifle,
not a bayonet. Scattered pitting, rear site partially missing. This is a
very rare rifle.
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G++ | 1,500.00 | ||
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GC1335 |
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Nepalese copy of an EIC Brunswickrifle. This one is in smooth bore with a copy of the EIC rifle back action lock. It is complete with ramrod. Really neat musket that takes the Nepalese sword bayonets. Closeup1,Closeup2,Closeup3 |
VG |
600.00 |
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GC1352 |
ABC 881 |
Swedish M1856 Minie socket n/s. Reference is for the 1857 which is almost the same, but slightly longer than this one. Dated 1858 on the blade. Beautiful example of a scarce socket. View Photo, Closeup1 Closeup2 Closeup3 |
VG |
300.00 |
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GC1353 |
ABC 881 |
Swedish M1855 Navy socket n/s. Reference is for the 1857 which is almost the same, but slightly longer than this one. Liege made for Sweden. Navy mark on blade. Beautiful example, very scarce. View Photo, Closeup1 Closeup2 Closeup3 |
VG |
325.00 |
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| GC1362 | Italian hunting socket bayonet w/s. Very high
quality piece. Brass socket heavily engraved and pierced. Blade is DE for
most of itıs length. There is a 1.5 inch section of the back without an
edge. Back of the blade has a double notch. Central fuller. Cutout along
blade with brass insert. Ricasso is engraved and pierced. Probably desinged
to hold a string to tie the bayonet to the firearm. Scabbard with leather
body. Fittings are missing.
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VG | 1,100.00 | ||
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GC1405 |
JN211-3 |
Confederate States sword bayonet n/s. Twin lug latching mechanism. Spring intact. 635 on cross guard. Ribbed grip with 17 grooves. Pitted blade. Very rare bayonet and the spring is super rare. View Photo, Closeup1, Closeup2, |
VG- |
2,500.00 |
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| GC1516 | ABC 774 | Danish 1848 socket bayonet n/s. Marked 1854-60 on
ricasso, 20B.3C.106. on socket. Nice untouched patina. Hard to find.
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VG+ | 175.00 | |
| GC1572 | ABC N 324 | Unusual Belgian pistol bayonet ca. 1860-70 n/s.
Short yataghan blade, round mortise slot, internal coil spring. Similar to
the reference, but not exact.
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VG+ | 2,000.00 | |